Saturday, March 3, 2012

I Mean to Shine

Each of these paintings is a metaphor for me this morning. Together, in just this sequence, they tell a story of where I find myself in this moment, but I can't put it into words yet. The sense of them is just sort of floating inside me, illuminating something not fully formed as a conscious understanding. Something about the purest forms of love and lives intertwined and the imperative of reinvention, an inkling. I thought I'd share the paintings anyway. To me their titles are richly suggestive, little poems all on their own. From top:

16 comments:

Fantastic! The second painting Heartwood reminds reminds me of Frida Khalo's work. I love those floating free-floating moments of grace that we are granted every once in a while. I hope you can hold onto it for the entire day dear Angella.xo

Rebecca, it does remind me of Frida, though I find her work a little more raw than most anything that resembles her, which makes sense I suppose. Hope you are having a day of free floating grace yourself. xoxo

Elizabeth, In this sequence, these paintings tell one story for me, but I could easily shuffle their order and find other meanings, other narratives to apply to my own circumstance. i think the work moves us and then perhaps we impose our own reasons, our own interpretations.

Beautiful. I love that you can find yourself in these metaphors, of art. That's amazing really. I think it has to do with a big openness that you can let it in, and let yourself out at the same time. I love it, and you.xo

deirdre, i started out in art. i was a studio art major in college, then switched to creative writing and literature. art (painting and drawing) comforts me. writing excites me. so i went for the words. but i still love to lose myself in visual pieces, to find their story, which i suppose is really me superimposing my story on the artist's intent. ahh. it's late. i should stop babblling. i love you so.

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